Readme for Johnson Creek Restoration data stored in Dataverse 
Sept 6th, 2016
Maya Jarrad

The restoration spatial data is found in the files zipped in "JCrestoration1990_2014_shapefiles.zip", as well as two files that Dataverse has isolated called "JCrestoration1990_2014.CPG" and "JCrestoration1990_2014.shp". It is important to download and unzip these files to the same location so they may be read by a spatial mapping program such as qGIS or ArcMap. 

The spatial data also includes the restoration attributes, and this attribute table is copied in the "JCrestoration1990_2014_attributes" file. This file contains the same information as the spatial data, but can be easily opened in a spreadsheet program. 

The variable metadata are located in the file "Restoration_vars_descriptions.tab" and may be opened in any spreadsheet program. 

Description:
Johnson Creek watershed restoration project locations, areas, and attributes by primary watershed restoration agents from 1990-2014 in the Johnson Creek Watershed, Willamette River Basin, Oregon. This spatial data package combines the collective efforts of most jurisdictional and NGO watershed partners in watershed restoration efforts for flood mitigation, wetland enhancement, fish passage and habitat, stormwater mitigation paired with habitat creation or enhancement, and water quality improvements. This layer includes all projects with a statement of intent, a site location, and project start year. Projects must be explicitly stream, riparian, or wetland enhancement projects, or located within 0.5 km of at least a class 4 stream. Projects that only consist of study, monitoring, or education, or were primarily to protect infrastructure, were not included. Individual, private landowner restoration in the eastern third of the watershed and in Multnomah County was not included for privacy reasons.

Subject:
Social Sciences; Earth and Environmental Sciences; Agricultural Sciences

Keyword: 
Stream restoration, ecological restoration, riparian habitat, salmon habitat, salmonid, fish passage, flood mitigation, floodplain restoration, revegetation, Portland Oregon, creek restoration, watershed enhancement, environmental services, green infrastructure, blue infrastructure, Willamette River Basin, Johnson Creek Watershed, Pacific Northwest, Multnomah County, Clackamas County, Gresham, Milwaukie Oregon, wetland

Notes: 
This project contains the spatial data for restoration project polygons, attribute table, and variables metadata. Assistance in the creation of the restoration site map provided by Noah Jenkins and Robin Jenkinson, Johnson Creek Watershed Council. We gratefully acknowledge funding by USDA/NIFA award # 2015-67023-23001.

Citation: 
Jarrad, Maya, 2016, "Johnson Creek Restoration Sites 1990-2014", doi:10.7910/DVN/L4DDCR, Harvard Dataverse, Version 1. 